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Scientific Name
Utricularia dichotoma
Family Name
LENTIBULARIACEAE
Common Name
Fairies' Aprons
Status
Height
2-30cm
Flowers
1, 2 or more deep purple flowers with a yellow centre, borne on long bare stalks.
Fruit
Capsule
Form
Small perennial, carnivorous herb. When leaves are present, they are arranged in a rosette.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Huon Valley; Kentish; King Island; Kingborough; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast
Communities
Riparian; Sedgeland and Wetland
Habitat Notes
Peaty areas, sea level to mountain plateaux in waterlogged soil.
Site Tolerance
Waterlogged
Frost Tolerance
Hardy
Soil Tolerance
Poor; Poorly-drained
General Notes
This plant traps and digests minute aquatic or soil animals such as water fleas and insect larvae in small bladders attached to thin stems lying at or below the surface of the soils. No comments - Will Fletcher. Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
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Sowing Months
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Cutting Months
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Seed Information
Seed Collection
Seed Treatment Method
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
May be grown from seed.
Germination Time
Suitable for Direct Seeding
Cuttings
Expected Time to Take Root
Expected Time to Plant Out
Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
Yes
Cutting Notes
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